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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
M-TH-cm-sq-v-5-b
Focus:
Mixed: Time Happy (M-TH)
Time frame:
last month, last few weeks (cm)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
verbal scale (v)
Scale Range:
5

Description

Self report on single question:

How much of the time during the past 4 weeks have you felt happy?
5  all the time
4  most of the time
3  sometimes
2  rarely
1  never
-  don't know
-  don't remember

Part of 9 item ODIN Affect Balance Scale (A-AB/cm/mq/v/5/..)

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Blanchflower et al. (2013): study GB Wales 2007 16+ aged, general public, Wales, UK, 2007-2010 N = 49972
Mean
= 3.718
SD
= 0.909